In the Courts (March 13, 2013)

The following items are based on information provided by officials in law enforcement and the criminal justice system.

ULSTER COUNTY COURT

u Discharge of firearm: Nicholas Papuli, 53, Marlboro, pleaded guilty in Ulster County Court before Judge Thomas A. Breslin on Feb. 22 to discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a home, a misdemeanor, and was sentenced to a $1,000 fine and time served. He was arrested by Marlborough town police in December of 2009 and charged with attempted assault, possession of a weapon, reckless endangerment, all felonies, and with menacing, assault, and illegal discharge of a firearm, misdemeanors. At the time of his arrest, police responded to a report of a dispute at 11 Papuli Terrace. After they arrived, a tenant, who was not identified, told police that Papuli fired a shot from a handgun in his direction and then struck him in the face. Police said that the two had been arguing and that the tenant allegedly moved toward Papuli with a shovel in his hands prior to the shooting. Police said at the time that they found a .45-caliber pistol at the scene and one shell casing.